-
The Impact of School-Based Financial Education on High School Students and their Teachers: Experimental Evidence from Peru
October 14, 2019Watch the video
-
Raising Awareness of the Importance of Personal Finance in School: New Insights
May 13, 2019We investigate teachers’ awareness of the importance of financial education, along with their motivation and confidence in teaching personal finance. We aim to identify strategies to advance school based financial education and further support educators. We survey a sample of… Read More »
-
Millennials’ Engagement with Online Financial Education Resources and Tools: New Survey Insights and Recommendations
May 01, 2019In today’s economy, individuals—sometimes at an early age—are required to make important and complex financial decisions, many of them with long-lasting consequences. In executing these decisions, people may tap into many resources, including ones online. For those aiming to expand… Read More »
-
Millennial Financial Literacy and Fin-tech Use
November 08, 2018Watch a video recording of Director Lusardi's keynote address here.
-
An Analysis of Financial Literacy Among Italian Students
August 03, 2018Summary: Youth today confront an economic climate that imposes individual financial responsibility at levels greater than in the past. The financial literacy assessment within the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) provides an international measure of students’ preparedness for the… Read More »
-
Should Kids Pay Back Their Parents for Raising Them?
June 12, 2018Summary: When one athlete turned pro, his mom asked him for $1 million. Our modern sensibilities tell us she doesn’t have a case. But should she?
-
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Financial Literacy
May 31, 2017Financial literacy data from the 2022, 2018, 2015 and 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) are available for download. The financial literacy assessment administered through the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) measures 15-year-olds' financial knowledge and experience… Read More »
-
Student Loan Repayments
February 28, 2017This interactive visualization provides a breakdown of statistics on student loan debt repayment using data from the 2015 National Financial Capability Study. For more details, please refer to our study “Student Loan Debt in The US: An Analysis of The… Read More »
-
STUDENT LOAN DEBT IN THE US: AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2015 NFCS DATA
November 14, 2016Summary: According to the study, 54 percent of student loan holders did not try to figure out what their monthly payments would be before taking out loans. And 53 percent said that if they could go back and redo the… Read More »
-
Financial Literacy Skills for the 21st Century: Evidence from PISA
October 24, 2015Foreward: I am delighted to be asked to give the Colston Warne Lecture at the American Council on Consumer Interests annual conference. What I want to cover in this lecture is what I consider to be one of the most important… Read More »
-
Financial Literacy Skills for the 21st Century: Evidence from PISA
September 22, 2015Foreward: I am delighted to be asked to give the Colston Warne Lecture at the American Council on Consumer Interests annual conference. What I want to cover in this lecture is what I consider to be one of the most important… Read More »
-
High School Students and Financial Literacy: Evidence from PISA
May 22, 2015Click here to read the lecture as published in the Journal of Consumer Affairs.
-
The Impact of Bank Account Ownership on Adolescents’ Financial Literacy
March 26, 2015Watch the video.
-
The Impact of Bank Account Ownership on Adolescents’ Financial Literacy
March 26, 2015Watch the video.
-
GEN Y PERSONAL FINANCES: A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE AND CAPABILITY
May 01, 2014Summary: Generation Y will leave a lasting imprint on American history. The largest, most diverse generation America has seen, Generation Y comprises millions who were born between the late 1970s and the mid-1990s. While this generation is confident, they face… Read More »
-
Financial Literacy Among Graduate Students: A Case Study from the Indiana University System
April 24, 2014Watch the video.
-
HELPING GEN Y ACHIEVE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SECURITY
February 01, 2014Summary: They are young, tech savvy, and confident; diverse, connected, and idealistic. And, they face a host of financial challenges. We’re talking, of course, about Gen Y, represented by the 2,124 college-educated respondents age 23 to 35 who took part in… Read More »
-
COLLEGE-EDUCATED MILLENNIALS: AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES
February 01, 2014Summary: This study has used new data from the NFCS to analyze salient issues related to college-educated Millennials’ financial capability, practices, and status, and in the process identify key financial challenges they face. The results suggest that the promotion of financial… Read More »